Elizabeth von Arnim

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born

August 31, 1866 in New Zealand

died

February 09, 1941

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Elizabeth, Countess Russell, was a British novelist and, through marriage, a member of the German nobility, known as Mary Annette Gräfin von Arnim.
Born Mary Annette Beauchamp in New Zealand while her family resided in Sydney, Australia, she was raised in England and in 1891 married Count Henning August von Arnim, a Prussian aristocrat, and the great-great-great-grandson of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia. By this marriage she became known as Elizabeth Gräfin von Arnim.
She had met von Arnim during an Italian tour with her father. They married in London but lived in Berlin and eventually moved to the countryside where, in Nassenheide, Pomerania, the von Arnims had their family estate. The couple had five children, four daughters and a son...more

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Books by Elizabeth von Arnim

Average rating: 3.95 · 3,238 ratings · 773 reviews · 33 distinct works

	The Enchanted April 3.99 avg rating — 2,354 ratings — published 1922 — 85 editions	My rating:
	Elizabeth and Her German Garden 3.99 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1898 — 66 editions	My rating:
	The Solitary Summer 3.88 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1899 — 55 editions	My rating:
	Vera 3.68 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1921 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Mr Skeffington 3.65 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1940 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Love 3.75 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen 3.98 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1904 — 16 editions	My rating:
	All the Dogs of My Life 3.81 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1936 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Pastor's Wife 3.85 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1914 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Caravaners 3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1909 — 7 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Elizabeth von Arnim

“What a blessing it is to love books.”
― Elizabeth von Arnim, The Solitary Summer

30 people liked it

“Who can begin conventional amiability the first thing in the morning?”
― Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and Her German Garden

11 people liked it

“But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.”
― Elizabeth von Arnim, In the Mountains

9 people liked it

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Polls

What fiction book would you like to read for July?

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

10 votes, 21.7%

South Riding by Winifred Holtby

9 votes, 19.6%

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

7 votes, 15.2%

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

7 votes, 15.2%

Demian by Hermann Hesse

6 votes, 13.0%

The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett

4 votes, 8.7%

Loving; Living; Party Going by Henry Green

2 votes, 4.3%

What the Thunder Said: A Novella and Stories by Janet Peery

1 vote, 2.2%

Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von Arnim

0 votes, 0.0%

46 total votes

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